Writing

Loving Kindness Meditation

Loving Kindness Meditation This is what should be accomplished by the one who is wise, Who seeks the good, and has obtained peace. Let one be strenuous, upright, and sincere, Without pride, easily contented, and joyous. Let one not be submerged by the things of the world. Let one not take upon oneself […]

Kindness

Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and carefully saved, all this must go so you know how desolate the landscape can be between the regions of kindness. How […]

Blessing in the Chaos

BLESSING IN THE CHAOS To all that is chaotic in you, let there come silence. Let there be a calming of the clamoring, a stilling of the voices that have laid their claim on you, that have made their home in you, that go with you even to the holy places but will not let […]

Looking For Work

For those of you who don’t know, I have been trying to support myself as a Dharma Teacher for a few years now. This is likely not going to grow into something that will support me fully. So with that in mind I am trying to find work that will be in accord with my […]

Fundraising

Hello Friends, I am fundraising to cover my costs for my trip to teach with Lama Rod Owens at Brooklyn Zen Center at the beginning of November (See link here) as well as to get to Belfast Northern Ireland in December. If you can donate that would be great. You can either use my donation […]

An old talk from 2012 on Sex

This One Time at Radical Dharma Camp

I have been speaking and teaching for years about the practice of Radical Dharma. Not simply as a book, but as a guide to practice and life that brings forth the truth of oppression, power, privilege, and unconscious bias. It also offers a way to liberation and love that in my experience is deep, wide […]

Happy Birthday To Me

Today is my birthday. In ancient times Zen monks would mark this day by writing a “death poem”. A death poem is one that tends to offer a reflection on death that is often coupled with a meaningful observation on life. Given my own history, I think I have a different view. I have now […]